Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
National Games Round Up: Pragnya Mohan wins Triathlon gold in style even as Services continue to march ahead
Gujarat’s Pragnya Mohan made light of the surround sound of expectations to claim the 36th National Games Women’s Individual Triathlon gold with a powerful show at the IIT Gandhinagar here on Sunday.
She dominated the field with ease, notching up the third-fastest time in Swimming and the fastest times in both the Cycling and Running legs, to leave Maharashtra’s Mansi Mohite gasping well over 5 minutes behind her. Tamil Nadu’s S Aarthi took home the bronze.
Pragnya’s gold, after finishing tenth in the last edition of the Games, has swelled Gujarat’s gold tally to an impressive 12.
Adarsh Muralidharan Sinimol bagged the Men’s Triathlon gold to continue Services’ medal hunt. With titles coming in Wushu and Canoeing & Kayaking, they finished the day with a tally of 51 gold, 33 silver and 29 bronze for a total of 113 medals. Haryana  and Maharashtra  continued their fight for the second place on the medals tally.
Puducherry became the 28th team to win at least one gold in the 36th National Games when V Sasikala and A Kanimozhi beat the home side’s Manisha Zala and Nippa Barad in the Women’s Beach Volleyball final in Surat. As many as 32 teams have now won at least a medal each in the Games so far.
Services were helped as their athletes claimed the four gold medals on offer in the Canoe and Kayak sprints on the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad. Madhya Pradesh jumped to the 10th spot in the rankings, riding on their sweep of Slalom events. Kayaks Hitesh Kewat and Shikha Chouhan, and Canoeists Vishwajit Singh Kushwaha and Jahanvi Srivastava did the star turn for them.
Karandeep Kochhar  signed his fourth sub-par card to walk away with the Men’s Individual Golf gold with a superb score of 21-under for the four rounds at Kensville Golf and Country Club near here. His performance was insurance enough for Chandigarh to claim the Men’s Team gold as well, though his team-mate Anant Singh finished with a 16-over.
Similarly, Karnataka’s Avani Prasanth starred in the women’s competition, winning the individual gold with an even-par 288 while also playing a major role in the team victory ahead of Haryana. Amanpreet Kaur  had a forgettable round, with five bogeys on the first 9 holes to finish the day with an 8-over to lose her grip over the gold medal and take silver.
In Boxing competitions at the Mahatma Mandir complex, National Championship silver medallist Ankit Sharma , Punjab’s Sparsh Kumar , Avinash Chandel  and Karan Rupini  assured themselves of medals in the Men’s 51kg class.
Ankit , a Khelo India Youth Games 2020 gold medallist, was in a league of his own in the Men’s Flyweight, recording a commanding 4-1 points victory over Maharashtra’s Ajay Pendor to march into the semifinals. Karan Rupini unleashed his fury in the second round with a powerful punch to deliver a knockout verdict against Rajasthan’s Bhim Pratap Singh.
The supremely talented Haryana pugilist Minakshi, who is using the National Games to fine-tune her preparation for the Asian Championships in Amman later this month, registered a dominating victory to enter the women’s semifinals.
Defending champions Punjab set a repeat clash with Haryana in the Women’s Hockey final, the two powerhouses scoring contrasting victories at the Maj. Dhyan Chand Stadium in Rajkot. Punjab got the better of a fighting Madhya Pradesh 2-1 while Haryana defeated Jharkhand 5-2 in the semifinals.
The results :
Beach Volleyball
Men: P Krishna Chaitanya and Mahesh  beat T Naresh and M Krishnam Raju  22-24, 23-21, 15-11; Bronze medal play-off: Rama Dhawasker and Aaron Periera  beat Nitin and Sarvesh Nayak  21-19, 21-14.
Women: V Sasikala and A Kanimozhi  beat Manisha Zala and Nippa Barad  21-15, 9-21, 15-10. Bronze medal play-off: Shibani Priyadarshini and Monalisa Patra  beat P Srikruti and V Aishwarya  21-12, 21-15.
Canoeing & Kayaking
Men
C1 1000m Sprint: 1. Salam Sunil Singh  4:17.630; 2. Niraj Verma  4:24.577; 3. Phairrembam Amit Kumar Singh  4:31.533.
C2 1000m Sprint: 1. Services  4:03.907; 2. Madhya Pradesh  4:05.337; 3. Telangana  4:11.556.
K1 1000m Sprint: 1. Varinder Singh  4:16.452; 2. Tomthilnganba Ngashepam  4:20.358; 3. Nitin Verma  4:24.625.
K2 1000m Sprint: 1. Services  3:42.343; 2. Madhya Pradesh  3:43.240; 3. Odisha  3:47.90.
Canoe Slalom: Vishwajit Singh Kushwaha  1:33.94 beat Rahul Kumar  1:40.02. Bronze Medal play-off: Idress Hussain  1:41.02 beat Vemula Chinna Babu  1:51.18.
Kayak Slalom: Hitesh Kewat  1:19.02 beat 1:24.75; Bronze medal play-off: Mohit Kumar  1:31.51 beat Nagesh Naik  1:42.99.
Women
Canoe Slalom: Jahanvi Shrivastava  1:50.51 beat Kirti Kewat  2:09.08. Bronze medal: A Dhanlakhsmi .
Kayak Slalom: Shikha Chouhan  1:32.59 beat Naina Adhikari  1:53.81. Bronze medal: Nidhi .
Cycling
Men 119km Massed Start: 1. Harshveer Singh Sekhon ; 2. Arvind Panwar ; 3. Sreenath Lakshmikanth .
Women 30km Individual Time Trial: 1. Kavita Siyag ; 2. Meenakshi ; 3. Pranita Soman .
Golf
Men
Individual: 1. Karandeep Kochhar  267 ; 2. Abhinav Lohan  277 ; 3. Sunhit Bishnoi  281 .
Team: 1. Chandigarh  571; 2. Karnataka  581; 3. Delhi  582.
Women
Individual: 1. Avani Prashant  288 ; 2. Amandeep Kaur  292 ; 3. Vani Kapoor  295 .
Team: 1. Karnataka  590; 2. Haryana  599; 3. Punjab  601.
Judo
Men
90kg class: AR Arjun  beat Vikram ; Bronze medals: Samirkhan Pathan  and Pradhan Gujar .
100kg class: Avtar Singh  beat Shubam Kumar ; Bronze medals: Vishal  and Aman Kumar .
Women:
70kg class: T Inunganbi  beat Sonam ; Bronze medals: Ranjeeta  and Ravneet Kaur .
78kg class: PR Aswathy  beat Taruna Sharma ; Bronze medals: M Indubala Devi  and Ankita .
Mallakhambh
Men’s Team: 1. Madhya Pradesh 131.75 points; 2. Maharashtra 131.50; 3. Chhattisgarh 123.7.
Triathlon
Men: 1. Adarsh Muralidharan Sinimol  1:01:13 ; 2. Vishwanath Yadav  1:04:34; 3. Kshetrimayum Kabidash Singh  1:05.19.
Women: 1. Pragnya Mohan  1:07:32 ; 2. Mansi Mohite  1:13:10; 3. S Aarthi  1:13:17.
Wushu
Men Nanquan and Nandao: 1. Sajan Lama  18.36 points; 2. Neeraj Kumar  17.84; 3. Sanjib Kumar Singh  17.59.
Women Nanquan and Nandao: 1. Konjengbam Luxmi Devi  17.38 points; 2. Rongila Daimary  17.05; Geeta Xalxo  16.73.
Yogasana
Men’s Artistic Pair : 1. Rahul and Rishabh  118.74 ponts; 2. Manan and Om  118.45; 3. Vaibhav and Shubham  117.02.
Women’s Artistic Pair : 1. Sanika and Pradnya  126.59; 2. Purpva and Prapti  125.93; 3. Bhateri and Devi  125.51.
Other results
Football
Men’s semifinal: Kerala beat Karnataka 2-0 .
Saturday’s result
Women’s semifinal: Odisha beat Tamil Nadu 5-2 .
Hockey
Women’s Semifinals: Haryana beat Jharkhand 5-2 ; Punjab beat Madhya Pradesh 2-1 .
Softball
Men
Group X: Maharashtra beat Delhi 8-0; Maharashtra beat Gujarat 4-1.
Group Y: Andhra Pradesh beat Chandigarh 7-0; Andhra Pradesh beat Haryana 1-0.
Women
Group X: Chhattisgarh beat Kerala 1-0; Kerala beat Gujarat 9-0.
Group Y: Maharashtra beat Telangana 6-0; Punjab beat Madhya Pradesh 3-2; Punjab beat Telangana 12-2.